A Severity Score for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

The quick COVID Severity Index score may help identify inpatients at risk for respiratory deterioration within 24 hours of admission.

Some patients with COVID-19 decompensate rapidly and need increasing respiratory support, including invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Identifying at-risk inpatients could help ensure that these patients are adequately monitored for decompensation.

Researchers conducted a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study involving 1172 emergency department patients admitted with COVID-19 to develop a prognostic tool — the quick COVID Severity Index (qCSI) — to predict critical respiratory illness within 24 hours of hospital admission. Patients with deterioration within 4 hours of arrival were excluded. Of eligible patients, 144 (12.3%) had critical illness, which was defined as the need for ≥10 liters of oxygen/minute, noninvasive ventilation, IM…

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Lauren M. Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

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Grant/Research SupportNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editorial BoardsAnnals of Emergency Medicine

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAcademy for Academic Women in Emergency Medicine (Social Media Chair)

Lauren M. Westafer, DO, MPH, MS

Disclosures

Grant/Research SupportNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editorial BoardsAnnals of Emergency Medicine

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAcademy for Academic Women in Emergency Medicine (Social Media Chair)

A Severity Score for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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